The Delta independent., 1887-01-25
RANCH AND RANGE.

There 1875 cheese factories in st. Law
tencp county, n. ". and last year they
manufactured and sold 1900, 600 pounds Of
cheese.
legally enclosing about 274 900 acres, in the
Denver land district, have been removed by
the special agent of the General Land of.
flee, during the past month.
The late cold spell killed a. few of the old.
sre she fSs S se sats s s ocR
shelter-field and Farm
In the States east of Chicago statistics
show that there are more than 15,OOO,O GOO
head Of cattle. Virginia is said to have q
for An Increase to s, ,O0O, 900 af least.
Senator Archuleta reports sheep winter
ing better in the southwest corner of the
State-Over on the Dolores and in Archule-
tn and La Plata counties than before for
many years. Up to the present time there
has been no less,
The cattle branding in the American Val
ley, Soccorro county, N. NJ, for the year
1885, is the largest that has been tailed
since cattle were introduced into this cOun.
try. 1t is generally estimated that i Evil vii
A Miles City, Montana dispatch says, that
since Christmas 'the temperature has been
ranging, as low as 40 below, and biinding
Of the cowboys efforts, reduce the cattle u
flesh and SO weaken them as TO make
continues"
tains Of jefferson county, will have pub
lie creamery In the early spring. There Is
no questions but that the creamery system
is the proper one in any neighborhOOd
where the product Of three or five hundred
COWS can be had without too much travel
Field and Farm.
The International Range Association
meets at Denver, February Sth, and 1t is ex.
pected to draw together large number of
people interested In the range cattle indus
for good, If it is not controlled too COM
pletely by one or two cranks who are bent
upon perpetuating cattle diseases and mon
opOlies.-Droyers' Journal
Uriel Higbee, of Mine Mile, reports stock
in excellent condition, but says the large
state pays no Premium on scaips, he thinks
the stock associations ought to do SO. He
says unless they are exterminated large
percentage of next springs calf crop, Of his
vSpsy FIN I'd "f 0f 'he
Farmer Wade, of Delta county, whose
place is on the north fork Of the GunnisOn.
reports his fruit trees-peach, apple and
plums-w -wintering finely. Says he: when
the first frost came 1t caught the trees load
the sap would be frozen in the tender
bOughs, and result disastrously. But found
on examination on the first of JOnuary that
every twig was alive and had vitality. -
Field and Farm.
Mid-winter is now with u.s. and so far as
we are able to learn not single critter has
died from cold or starvation on the Colo
RADIO ranges this season. Last year at this
date one-fOurth of the range cattle OF the
State were dead or dying with no power 70
save. II the remaining half of the width
proves to be as mild as the first half this
will be a red letter year for cattlemen
everywhere.-Field and Farm.
The California product of 1886 was as fol
lows: Raisins, 20-pOund boxes, DS, 900;
honey, extracted, pounds, 5000 600; honey,
comb, pounds, 1900; beeswax, pounds,
$1,000; French pr,ines, pounds, 2,0Oo, 900;
German pruneS, pounds, 125, 900; apples,
sun-dried, pounds, 30O, 1000; peaches, sum
dried, pounds, 10000; plums, sun-tlried,
pounds, 100000; pears, sun-dried, pounds,
10000; grapes, sun-dried, pounds; 1850
apricots, sln-dried, pounds, 150, 600, necta-
rines, stin-dIied, pounds, $1,000; figs, sun
dried. pounds, 10000; apples, evaporated,
pounds, 100000; apricots, evaporated and
sun-dried, bleached, pounds, $50, 100;
peaches, evaporated, peeled, pounds, 10o,
900; peaches, eyapOrated, unpeeled pounds,
1000; plums, evaporated, pounds, 5000
nectarine, evapOrated, pounds, 25, OOO: wal
nuts, pounds, Csc, 600; almondS, pounds,
GOO, 900; peanuts, pounds, H5,00O.